Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying: The Modern World Is Out Of Sync With Humans! (#363)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 2 November 2023

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Humans have never lived in such abundance as we do today. Yet we are miserable, divided, and lonely. We have everything we need to flourish, so why are we wilting? Today’s extraordinary guests, Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein, say it’s because the modern world is out of sync with our ancient brains and bodies! They explore this bold thesis in their book A Hunter Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century, which we will discuss extensively in this interview. Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein are evolutionary biologists who have been invited to ad\xaddress the US Congress, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Education and have spoken before audi\xadences across the globe. They both earned PhDs in Biology from the University of Michigan, where their research on evolution and adaptation earned awards for its quality and innovation. They have been visiting fellows at Princeton University and, before that, were professors at the Ever\xadgreen State College for fifteen years. Join us as we explore evolution, the challenges of modern life, frogs, the American red squirrel, the education system, religion, and much more! Key Takeaways: Intro (00:00) Judging a book by its cover (01:17) What’s so fascinating about frogs? (04:10) Is modern life out of sync with human biology? (08:41) What’s wrong with experiments on kids? (10:14) Why are we wired for novelty? (14:13) What are your obligations to humanity as a consumer? (34:24) What's wrong with Universities? (42:48) The Omega Principle (56:08) Are there cultural telomeres? (1:02:58) Audience questions (1:10:43) What would Heather put in her ethical will? (1:28:13) What Would Bret put in his ethical will? (1:33:05) Outro (1:42:02) — Additional resources: 🥗 Thanks, HelloFresh! Go to HelloFresh.com/50impossible and use code 50impossible for 50% off plus 15% off the next 2 months. 📝 With a MasterClass annual membership, you can take one-on-one classes from the world’s best for $10 a month with your annual membership, get unlimited access to every class — and even better, right now, as an Into The Impossible listener, you can get 15% off when you go to MASTERCLASS.com/impossible. 🧑‍💻 Visit LinkedIn.com/IMPOSSIBLE to post your job for free! ➡️ Check out Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein: 💻 Bret’s Website: https://www.bretweinstein.net/ 📚 A Hunter Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: https://a.co/d/5Gbb6G3 💻 Heather’s Website: https://www.heatherheying.com/ ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/mailing_list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/blog.php 🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast — Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to follow so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All of us exist in some way outside of the mainstream. You know, we are all non-normies on some domain, on some access.
0:07.7	Maybe dyslexia or color blindness or left-handedness, you know, neurodiversity, you know, being on the spectrum.
0:13.4	How about take that as a hidden superpower by which you can stand outside of whatever the
0:19.4	mainstream narrative is and use it as a way to interpret it in such that if you do it with integrity and respect
0:27.0	to open up your arms to more of humanity. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
0:37.0	Open the pod bay doors.
0:44.7	You guys are the proprietors of the Dark Horse Podcast and this is the second Weinstein I've had on
0:50.6	the pod.
0:51.6	Actually you know the third.
0:52.1	I've had a Zev in the background as well.
0:55.0	He's doing some work with me here at UC San Diego.
0:58.0	But I'm grateful to your brother Eric for helping to facilitate this, and I am grateful to you guys for agreeing to
1:04.4	to match the length of time that he has spent on my podcast in the next 26 hours.
1:09.2	So everybody sit back and enjoy.
1:12.1	So it's a pleasure to have you. sit back and enjoy.
1:17.2	So it's a pleasure with P-breaks, is that, is that right? No bio-breaks will be provided.
1:19.0	Damn.
1:20.4	So you guys have written a wonderful really fascinating new book called a
1:23.5	hunter-gatherers guide to the 21st century subtitle evolution and the
1:27.8	challenges of modern life. Guys, the first thing I do with all my
1:32.0	guess is what you're never supposed to do, which
1:33.7	is to judge a book by its cover.
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